Monitoring with SNMP

Administering SQL Server

Administering SQL Server

Monitoring with SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application protocol that offers network management services. Using SNMP, you can monitor an instance of Microsoft® SQL Server™ across different platforms (for example, Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0, Microsoft Windows® 98, and UNIX).

With SQL Server and the Microsoft SQL Server Management Information Base (MSSQL-MIB), you can use SNMP applications to:

  • Monitor the status of SQL Server installations. SNMP can only be used to monitor the default instances of SQL Server.

  • Monitor performance information.

  • Access databases.

  • View server and database configuration parameters.